Francesca Knowles wrote:
Depends on where you go...a forty footer would look like a matchbox car in the desert Southwest. No problem with access/parking in places like the vast, open BLM lands around Quartzite, for example.
But if you intend to venture into the more forested lands of, say, the Pacific Northwest, I think you'll find your choices much more limited. I've camped all over that area and can think of few secondary or even primary Forest Service roads suitable for a rig that size.
All the posts are helpful, but yes, we grew up in Tampa FL and have had our fill of flat lands. Sure, we'll spend plenty of time in deserts in the Southwest I'm sure, but mountains are what we like. We've been vacationing all our lives in western North Carolina - 3,500 to 5,000 elevations and enjoy backpacking the better trails.
Francesca, do you have a sense of the max FW length that makes sense for reasonable access to parks in the Pacific Northwest?
A posted mentioned that national parks are under designed for modern trailer lengths. I get that. I my work, I've been involved in appraising and developing industrial parks, so I know what it's like to get the tractor trailer circulation to work out. This is my concern and much to think about.
